Sliding door and mounting



Aug. 3 1926.

1,594,543 A. F. MARSH SLIDING DOOR AND MOUNTING Filed Dec. 50. 1922 l atented Aug. 3,

m s .sr TEs PATENT" orries.

ANDREW F. MARSH, OF PLAIN FIELD, NEW JERSEY.

snrnrne noon AND MOUNTING.

Application filed December 30, 1922. Serial m5. 609,811.

The present invent-ion relates to building construction, having reference particularly to animproved sliding door adapted for closing a wide doorway of the end of a relativelv narrowbuilding, as a garage.

roller bearings, an upper rail for support ing said hangers, a lower guide rail, and hooks mounted on the door sections for engaging said guide rail, all as hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a garage, shown partly in section, and having my improvements attached;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken 0111' the line 3-8 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan view drawn on an enlarged scale and taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary face view shown partly in section.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the garage structure in. general, and 2 the doorway lo cated across the major part of one end thereof.

Mounted interiorly above the doorway and spaced from the endwall 3 and one side wall 1 of the building, oy means of beams 5 and 5, is an L-shaped metal rail consisting of branches 6 and 7 connected at their point of intersection by an integral curved part 8.

The door consists of two sections, 9 and 10 adapted to be locked together at their abutting edges by means of any suitable look, as 11.

The door sections, at their respective upper corners, are recessed for the reception of metal tubes 12, which are respectively held in place by means of a U-shaped metal strap 13, which is fixed to the door by means of suitable bolts or screws 14.

Rotatably fixed within each tube element 12 is a wrought metal hanger comprising a body 15 having an integral loop-member 15, in which is mounted a roller bearing 16, and

a lower member 17; twisted a-tan angle of forty-five degreesto the transverse plane of the body 15 and having a slot 18, which engages a transverse bolt 19, whereby the hanger is held against sliding movement but permitted turnable movement within the tube 12, hearing pins 20 are secured to and project from the members 17 to prevent swinging movement of the hanger in relation to the tube 12 by the contact of these pins with the tube wall.

Each door section is provided on one'edge adjacent its lower end with a countersunk plate 21 havingan angularly directed hook' 22 for engaging a guide rail 23, whereby the door sections are held against swinging movement while they are being shifted. A hearing member 2 1, having a depression 241, over which-vehicle wheels may pass, is also provided to hold the door sections against the door frame 1 and prevent swinging movement when they are closed, and a stop 25 is provided to limit the movement of the door section 9, when it is being closed; a similar stop 26 being provided to limit the movement of the door section 10 when the door sections are shifted on the rail branch I 7 to open the doorway.

IVhile I have illustrated and described a fair example of my improvements, I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the specific details of construction shown, as under the spirit of my invention I believe that I am entitled to employ such variations of minor detail as may fall withinthe scope of the appended claims.

In the operation anduse of my invention, it is manifest that when the door sections are placed for closing the doorway and locked together, as shown in full lines, Fig. 3 of the drawings, they are securely held againstslidable movement because of their combined width, but when unlocked, owin to their relative narrow widths, they may e readily moved and shifted from the rail branch 6 to the rail branch 7, as shown by dotted lines Fig. 3, whereupon a vehicle may be readily introduced through the doorway and placed 1. In a sliding door mountingaisecketi tube means for retaining saidsocket With in a recess in said door; aaro1l|erhangerqaro vided With a shank having a slot therethrough; candz as: bolt passing through: said tube and :said shank slot to. retain said shank in said tube while-:allowing"limite'damotion: th'erebetween upon a nommon iaxis: I

2:11P sliding door; a. door panel pro Videdi' with a1 recess at: 'its:-11pper eorner," a tubular hanger moumtin in said recess, a retainer strap surrounding r three sides of said rec'essaand engaging the"stir-face of said panel therebeyond, roller hangers provided. with shanks having a slot therethrough, and a. single bolt passing through'said tubular mounting, said retainer strap and said shank slots to retain the Whole in assembly.

3'. Inaslidi'ngdoor' hanger, a body portion-imountings a roller, a lower member at substantially 45 to said body portion, means engagingsaid.ilowertmember and a retainer, said retainer engagin said door, the said 459 twist betweenxsaidl Ody/portion and said lowerzmember 1 permitting movement I of said roller relativet-tu-saidacloor atzangles greater than 90 -to-. tl1e1p1ane there'oftt'o permitnegotiatiomnficnrvedshanger tracks;

Signed at P1ai nfield,- in the county of Unionand. State ofNewJersey this28th' day of October B91922.

ANDREXVE. MARSIIJ. 

